Red Storm Entertainment Reviews

Pros

-Welcoming environment -Open communication -Fun work

Cons

-pay is pretty low compared to other companies

Pros

Flexible, work-life-balance and a great group of people! Transparency and culture are number one.

Cons

Not many to name. Owned by Ubisoft with a HQ in France can be challenging but internal team is amazing!

Pros

Fun people to work with. Great benefits and family friendly.

Cons

Salaries could be more competitive.

Pros

Amazing talent, supportive staff and management, robust tools and resources that make doing your job as painless as possible. Work life balance top notch

Cons

Slow steady growth, although it means job security and stability, also means very slow to promote or move anywhere significantly up the chain

Pros

Stable gig for sure if you are concerned about high turn overs

Cons

Pay is pretty low , n o profit sharing, and very limited bonus program

Pros

Good culture, very inclusive. Lots of senior people on every team. High standards, but no crunch.

Cons

Working under the Ubisoft umbrella can sometimes be a bit crowded.

Pros

Knowledgable team, friendly work culture, great management.

Cons

Low salary and career progression opportunities.

Pros

They try to ensure you have family time, although crunch is always needed in every project. Similar to the rest of the industry. The people you work with are very generous with their time, knowledge, and help. The company cares about its employee's, and tries regularly to enhance the working experience. Benefits, mainly medical insurance, is amazing. They also have various other benefits like a monthly fund for anything that advances your well being and knowledge. Game production and tools are always updated, and it is asked regularly if you have what you need to be successful. Their are surveys during and after production to enhance and learn from a given project. Being an Ubisoft studio can have it's disadvantages, but has many advantages as well. Stability, big name titles, and cool gear to name a few. Management is strong. Especially in the upper levels. The HR department is great for its employee's and the Director and VP are amazing, and work very hard for their staff. They are fair, reasonable, and helpful to a career path when effort is shown be the employee.

Cons

Leadership on the production level is very hit or miss. Some producers are amazing to work with, and others treat you as a nuisance. The building can get quite clique to a degree. Being a Ubisoft studio means you are always playing second role to a main studio. You never get to own anything. The Art Directors & Lead Artists are amazing though.

Pros

Friendly and fun people to work with. Decent perks- lunches occasionally, snacks in our rooms and breakfast. Beer on Thursdays!! Flexible scheduling. We crack jokes all the time and have fun while we are working. Vacation time is good.

Cons

Co-development is hard. The majority of us spent a year without a game to work on. Then heavy crunch. Re-work is a constant. No room for creativity. Producers try to be supportive but we feel their stress and they take it out on others. An upper manager regularly humiliates people in front of everyone. Studio head is out of touch with us. He stays in his office and decisions take a long time to be made. Pay is lower than average. Little opportunity to move up.

Pros

You have the chance to work on varying AAA IPs, due to the Ubi structure. Among the staff you will find very talented individuals with the passion to create great games. The idea of cultivating talent is supported up through management and helps create a great atmosphere of mentoring, learning and development. The culture is great and the employee retention is good. A game studio that has been around 15-20 years and has had only one round of layoffs, is hard to come by.

Cons

I'll be honest, Ubi style Co-Development can be challenging. But it is clear that the people who embrace it enjoy there work and contributions. Ubi keeps a pretty thought grasp on salaries, barely hitting market value. These two reasons are why some better talent ends up leaving.